Joint pain is one of the true joys of aging (sarcasm detected). And for years the consensus has been that once cartilage wears out, it’s not coming back. But scientists at Stanford University are offering some hope after tracing the loss of cartilage to a single protein. Read more from [@ScienceAlert](https://flipboard.com/@ScienceAlert ):
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